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OWNED of States AND CgjTgOLLED ^^^^T BY TliE VANCOUVER TRADES _ Supported by Fifty-eight Local Unions Trades Council Working Buttton (Blue) for this Last Quarter\ of 1927 EIGHT PAGES—No. 190 VANCOUVER, B. C, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1927 FIVE CENTS PER COPY Stock Speculation Runs Rife Among Canadians Warnings Issued by Those Who Really Know Fail to Stop the Stampede for "Easy Money"—Bucket Shops Closed But Orgy Continues MANY PEOPLE IN CANADA have b&come imbued with the "get-rich-t|iiick" idea and are speculating heavily in mining stocks. So great is the demand for this kind of stock that brokerage firms are hantling out their shingles all over the Doininion, says, H. A. P. Hayden in "Labor.-" Men in authority have become alarmed and warnings are constantly being issued. Noah PI. Timmins, president of the Hollinger Consolidated Gold Mine, the greatest gold producer Jn^anada, says the speculators are "crazy." ' Due for a Sad Awakening "Many people," he said, a few . days ago, "are going to have a sad awakening pretty soon and they will be the very people who can least afford it. That's the most tragic part of the business. "You will find the same situation in Toronto, in Timnskfta, or in any ' of the stock offices of the northern mining towns. The people are lined * up in front of the brokerage offices as if they were waiting to get into a i hockey match or a movie. They are literally falling over each other to ►get in to play thc market." . Colonel -W. H. Price, attorney-general of Ontario, has urged thc buying public to watch its step, as a number of "high-pressure salesmen" are operating in the province. He , has closed a_ number of "bucket shops" and the operators are await- , ing trial on a charge of conspiracy to defraud the public. Sound* Warning to People In British Columbia Hon. William . Sloan, minister of mines, has caused advertisements to be published in the .press in which he objects to statements of the Associated Mining and Milling Co., which is operating the ' old Valparaiso mine. He, too, has closed a number of "bucket shops" and arrested the operators. At the recent Dominion-Provincial > conference thc situation was discussed and national legislation to i make the operation of "bucket shoos" more difficult was urged. i. Despite these warnings, the mad speeulat'on continues. One need '• only walk down town, visit his local union or lodge or attend any social »function and the conversation invariably turns to mining stock and speculation. ' A Few Have Made Ea»y Money * True, a number have made some easy money, and that is what encourages the others to go on, but # where will it all end Mining stocks took a slump during the last few weeks, but the speculators have gained new hope from ithe glowing reports from the Flin Flon district of Manitoba, where the |f" Whitney interests have huge hold- S ings. i In spite of the fact that "bucket shops" have been closed, there arc ' many "touts" similar to those used in horse racing, who, for a rake-off, ; 'will aid these wild-cat mining pro- motors. Those who desire to speeu- 'late should confine their activities to listed stocks and reputable stock ' brokers. Labor Candidates BURNABY For BeeVe—F. A: Browne( M.L.A. Councillor Ward 1—A. J. Keel. Councillor Ward 4—W. A. Pritch- lard. School Trustee-7-sI, M. Holmes. TRAIN AND ENGINE MEN OFFICE IN HOLDEN BLDG. The Brotherhood of Train and Engine Men of British Columbia held a very successful meeting in Boom 310 Holden building on Dec. 28, which was well attended by the members of the organization. Many business details were discussed, and the officers were elected for the first period of 1928. The offices will be in 805 Holden building, 16 Hastings east, which will be open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., except Sundays. C. N. DONDENEAU. Carpenters To Hold Tool and Turkey Draw A meeting will be held at 8 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 29th, of Local 452, U. B. of Carpenters and Joiners. A 15-lb. turkey and two Atkins silver steel saws will be drawn for. s The next special meeting will he held on the 2nd Monday in January. The Local is going strong and the meetings are well attended, and it looks like a larger hall will be needed before long. Most of the. apprentices to the trade have joined and through the generosity of the late President, Bro. A. MacDonald, a valuable set of building books will be presented to the apprentice gaining the highest marks at the end of the Technical school term. President R. J. Thompson and officers extend to all affiliated Locals their best wishes for a prosperous New Year. W.H. UPHOLSTERERS GETTING SUCCESSFUL DANCES The Upholsterers Local held their second whist drive and dance of the season at Heather hall on Friday, Dec. 16, which proved a huge social success. Whist prizes were won by Mrs. Johnstone, Mrs. Greatrea, Mr. J. Ross and Mr. P. H. Lyne. Local 26 will hold its next whist drive and dance on Thursday, Jan. 17. Cards, 7:45; dancing, 9-12. Tickets may be had from the secretary or any member of Local 26. Railway Carmen Draw Brotherhood of Railway Carmen of America, Lodge No. 58, Christmas drawing in aid of sick. lst—Goat, No. 207, J. Pretty. 2nd—Turkey, No. 380, J. Water- son. 3rd—Smoking stand, No. 262, J. Jeal. 4th—Roast of beef, No. 482, A. Stewart. Bth—20 lbs. sugar, No. 9, E. Bol- dock. 6th—Box Jap oranges, No. 423, T. Iivingston. 7th—Box Jap oranges, No. 154, J. Macintosh. 8th~2 lbs. honey, No. 490, P. Smith. 9th—Chocolates, No. 413, W. Romain. 10th—Chocolates, No. 331, W. Gaden. 11th—Purse, No. 454, W. Smith. 12th—Cribbage board, No. 268, B. Jones. 13th—Cigarette box, No. 47$, L. George. Mill Barons Say Happy New Year With Wage Cut 10,000 Textile Workers in New Hampshire Plant Receive Wage Cut of 10 "per cent.—Dummy Organization is Unable to Protect Workers THE 10,000 EMPLOYEES of the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company, owner of the largest cotton mill in the world, will have a bitter New Year. Incidentally, they will receive an impressive lesson on the difference between a real trade union and a company union, organized, financed and controlled by the boss. About a week ago the representatives of the Amoskeag company union were called to the main office and informed that the company had decided on a wage cut of 10 per cent and that the reduction would be effective on Christmas eve. Mr. T. L. Peck of the McLeod Sash & Door Factory, made a Christmas present of $5 to each of his employees. Mr. Peck has only recently taken over this business and his men feel that they have one of the best employers in the city. SOUTH VANCOUVER For Councillor— W. H; Cottrell. For Councillor—O. J. Mengel. For School Board—Alfred^ Hurry, Toronto Carpenters Get Wage Increase Toronto.—The United Brotherhood of Carpenters, which recently won an important battle in the interests of thc international trade union movement in Canada, has ratified an agreement with the General Contractors' Association. It provides for an increase of 10 cents per hour and; for the first time, full reedgnition of the union by the Toronto contractors, u During the dispute thc employers secured an injunction restraining the Toronto Building Trades Council from participating in a general strike. The injunction was dissolved by Mr. Justice Logic in an opinion which is regarded as fcry favorable to labor. "This decision," says A. W. Roebuck, counsel for the Building | Trades Council, "is far-reaching, for j it means that an unincorporated labor union cannot be sued for a! wrong, or tort, by naming certain of its members, and that action must- be brought ajjKinst each of its members.1 personally, and not as a body." The Amalgamated Carpenters, the dual organization, has lost its agreement and its members must join the United Brotherhood after January 3. PAGE'S DAUGHTER WINS SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIP Bill Page, secretary of Vancouver Building Trades Council, has just received a letter and newspaper clipping from his fifteen-year-old daughter, who, with her mother, is visiting Mrs. Page's parents in New Zealand, informing him of having won the school championship by several athletic feats in the Sumner High school annual sports. The clipping from the Christchurch Star shows that his daughter, Edna Page, won the 75 yards flat race, coming in ' first in the first and final heats, time 10 1/5 seconds. She came in first in the 120-yard race, and first in the , long jump, making t_~ft. 1 inch. At I thc time of writing she was first in thc swimming events, but these had p not been concluded. . . Employe* Were Helpless Evidently that was the employers' idea of a Christms present calculated to warm the hearts of the recipients when the thermometer is below zero. The spokesman for the company union mildly protested and asked time to consult the employes' "congress"—a high-sounding name for one of the trimmings of the company union. When the "congress' met, there was much murmuring, and finally one of the "congressmen" summoned up sufficient courage to suggest that the company should not cut wages, but should keep every, one employed by reducing working time. The bosses said this would never do and that they must insist on their original proposition. Of course, the company union had to surrender. They had no connection with the outside labor movement and they did not know where to turn for help. "Protected" by High Tariff By way of excuse, the bosses said the company had recently authorized a bond issue of $14,655,000. The interest on this would amount to $879,000 a year. They had decided to cut wages $1,000,000, thus forcing the employes to pay the entire interest charge and $121,000 beside. The difference between the interest charge and the wage cut probably will be distributed among the stockholders as a special dividend. Cotton goods, such as the Amos- !...ug makes, have a tariff protection running up to 45 per cent. Other mills throughout New England are making similar cuts. The victims are unorganized and are at the mercy of the bosses.—Labor. MALE MINIMUM WAGE BOARD HEARING OF CATERING TRADES The evidence submitted by the below what is necessary for the MINIMUM WAGE Hurry Wood, member of the Minimum Wage Board, working on the proposed wage scale for restaurant cmnloyees, informs the Labor Statesman that the/ new minimum wage will be handed down within a few days and that the act will go into effect within a short time'afterwards. If a fender Bnd fire-irons cost three pounds what will a ton of coals come to'? Iftjishes... » —*aij.' ,.__sZZ __..-"-.—'"*" -i CRAWFORD AND DAVIS ELECTED IN PR. ALBERT Two out of the three candidates nominated by the Labor Party in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, were successful in the recent municipal elections, H. Davis being re-elected as alderman for his fourth term since 1919, and D. L. Crawford returned as high school trustee. Mr. Davis is western • region vice- chairman of the Brotherhood Railway Carmen of America Joint Protective Board C. .N. Railways, and Mr. Crawford is local chairman of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. employers to the Minimum Wage Board, both in Victoria and Vancouver, dealt chiefly with bringing a minimum wage for all trades into operation collectively. Serious complaint against unfair competition in business was also stressed. Some restaurant men were of the opinion that 20c per hour and board was an adequate wage for dish-washers, in fact, they considered that they were being well paid now, and one employer thought wages should be lowered. The licensing of Oriental restaur ants was seriously objected to also. The evidence submitted by thc employees was along the lines of a written statement submitted to the Board, as follows: J. D. McNiven, Esq. Chairman, Male Minimum Wage Board, Court House, Vancouver, "B.C. Sir,—At the present time, when Ihe board of which you are chairman, is dealing with the question of a minimum wage for the catering industry, the organized workers cm ployed at this trade desire to convey to you their views of several years of intimate knowledge and study of this industry. According to press reports of the Board's meetings in Victoria last week, the employers emphatically declare that itis impossible to secure any labor other ■ than Oriental for work in restaurant kitchens. This, we wish to state, has for many years heen thegerieral view of the catering employers; not particularly due to the fact that employers are desirous to retain this class of labor, but that they are governed ,by the economic qu?_ffOT-#i_pdr"ati«g costs, of which wages enter info. An individual employer would have but a small chance of competing wiyi a complete White crew ii'ifivlmi in HfrnWi mOat\ illilllWi . Plenty.-Qf.cash .makes tfeerraorse -ffie-"reftptoyerTvh'ose'' employees are of-Xrue te_e.*un. siwpothfy '■.-. chiefly Orientals receiving wages far White worker to maintain his standard of living; apart from the question of thc long hours of daily toil and the fact that seven days consti-' tute a week for OiientaC culinary workers. It must be very apparent to your Board, who comprises members thoroughly conversant with the catering industry, that any alteration in the present system of operating catering establishments would hiive to be general; and we claim that to produce these results an adequate wage is necessary. We hold the view that the supply of cooks and other miscellaneous culinary workers are, or would soon become, available when the demand for them became operative. We also claim that in the city of Vancouver there are sufficient unemployed who would be only too willing to accept the less skilled duties of kitchen employment at a wage that would induce them to follow this class of work and not look upon it as a means of tiding themselves over a period of time until some more remunerative employment was procurable; and totally apart from the question of relief for unemployed that is an annual occurrence in this city. The organzied waiters also hold the view that the tipping system is the result of itelf-service cafes becoming more popular; and although they disapprove of the system and are desirous for its elimination, they must receive sufficient remuneration to maintain their families with any degree of decency. They also maintain that a satisfactory, wage for employees in all catering establish-* ments would eliminisi»--Mhat>tfce#- consider to be unfair competition. Every class of employer seems to be branching out into the catering liusi- . ness; drug store lunches that dispense ; JhonZ.diug£*rul.„pn_5C_^n -^Hrensamr"' Stjir6;~5c, 10c and 15c stores also (Continued on page 5) ' IV Two THE LABOR STATESMAN Friday, December 30, 1927 Phon. Buy. east H. HARVEY BOOT MANUFACTURER Loner*', Miners-. Cruiser.' and Prospector*' Hand-Made Boot! Our Specialty. Quick Repair*. OUB WOO WOBK BOOT BEST XX TOWN 58 CORDOVA ST, WEST Vancouver, B. a T. J. Kearney & Co. Funeral Director* anil Embalm.-, New Chapel and Parlors Private Ambulance Service •02 Broadway W, Phon. Fair. S Western Glass Co., Ltd. Wholesale and Retail Dealers. 168 Cordova W. Phon* s.y. MtT SEE US ABOUT BROKEN CUSS IS WISDOMS, AUTOaOBILES, KIRROBS SHOWCASES, ETC. Art Glass Rt_iiri_ Mirrors Rt-ill..ri- - SYNOPSIS OF LAND ACTAMENDIMENTS PRE-EMPTIONS Vacant. unreserved, aurreyed Crown land* may be pre-empted by British subjects over 18 years of age, and by aliens on doclarlng Intention to become British subjects, conditional upon residence, occupation, and Improvement for agricultural purposes. Pull information concerning regulation, regarding pre-emptions ta given In Bulletin No. 1, Land Series. "How to Pre-empt Land," ooples of which can bs obtained free of chart* by addressing the Department of Lands. Victoria. B.C., or to any Government Agent. • Records will b* granted covering only land suitable for agricultural purposes, and which is not Umbel* land. I.e.. carrying over 8.000 board feet per acre west ot th* Coast Rang* and 6,000 fast per aors east of that Ranga. Applications for pre-emptions ar* to be addressed to the Land Com- mlesloner of th* Land Recording Division. In which th* land applied for Is situated. And ar* mad* on printed forms, copies of which can be obtained from th* Land Commissioner. Pre-emption, must be occupied for flv* years and Improvements made 10 value of 110 per acre. Including clearing and cultivating at least five acres, before a Crown Grant can be received. For more detailed Information see th* Bulletin "How to Pre-empt Land." ■ ■Z*; PURCHASE Applications an received for purchase of vacant and unreserved Crown landa, not being tlmberland. for agricultural purpose*: minimum prlo* for first-class (arable) land ls 11 par acre, and second-class (graslng) land 12.60 per acre. Further Information regarding purchase or leas* of Crown lands I* given ln Bulletin No. 10, Land Series. "Purchase and Lease of Crown Lands." Mill, factory, or Industrial sites on limber land, not exceeding 40 acres, nay be purchased or leased. *he condition* Including payment of •tumpag*. HOMESITE LEASES Unsurveyed areas, not exceeding 20 seres, may be leased aa homesites. •onditlonal upon a dwelling being ereoted In th* first year, title being obtainable altar residence and Improvement conditions are fulfilled and land haa been surveyed LEASES for graxlng and Industrial purpose* area* not exoeedlng 140 acre* suy b* leased by one person or . GRAZING "Under th* Graxlng Act the Pn»v- tea* ls divided into grsxlng districts and the rang* administered under * Orsxlng Commissioner. Annual graxlng permits ar* Issued based on ■umber* ranged, priority being given U established owners. .Stock-owner* may form associations for rungr management Free,' or partly free, permit* ar* available tor settlers' eeanper• and traveller., up lo . .en Some Past History of The Amalgamated Carpenters The following article, dealing with the relationship of the Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers (Great Britain) and their former branches in Canada, was printed in the Monthly Journal of that organization in August, 1924. It is interesting to note that members were permitted to individually keep up their membership in the A. S. C. by paying their dues direct, but that no Canadian branches would be permitted to retain affiliation with the parent body. The article says; At its annual, meeting in June, 1922. the general council had under consideration the general relations existing between our society in Great Britain and Ireland and the Overseas District of Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the U. S. A. These districts were formed by members who had emigrated from t his country, and in the early days of the society it was comparatively easy to handle their affairs from the general office. As the years rolled on the membership of these districts increased, and naturally, desired a rheasure of self-government. In some of the countries national legislation had deprived our executive council of any jurisdiction over the branches of the society located in those countries. In other countries the phenomenal growth of kindred societies, organized on lines more suitable to national conditions, had prevented any further extension of our society in those countries, an<L had proved a standing source of friction and trouble. The general council therefore decided that it was necessary that a delegation consisting of the general council chairman, the executive council chairman, and the general secretary should investigate the overseas districts A. S. W. problem on the spot "and, if possible, agree on a basis of a satisfactory arrangement to maintain the connection between the parent society and our overseas members." The delegation made its report to a special meeting of the general council in May, 1923, and submitted resolutions, framed by the executive boards of Australia, New Zealand, Canada and U. S. A., as to future arrangements for maintaining a connection with these districts. The general council considered that owing to the different methods in the various countries it was not practicable to give a decision which would cover all ,and referred the matter to its compiling committee to frame suitable terms for consideration at the general council annual meeting in JuTTB; 1923. At this annual meeting the general council decided that the time had come when the parent society should abandon the fiction that it had any control over the affairs of the branches of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and U. S. A., and agreed to their having thc full right to manage their own affairs in the way most suitable to the laws and industrial conditions of the respective countries. To enable No. 1 section members to retain their connection, if they so desired, with the parent society the general council came to this decision: "That No. 1 section members.. who have emigrated or may emigrate to a country outside of the British Isles, desiring to retain their benefit connection with our society, shall be able to do so by paying contributions direct to the general office as may be arranged, which will entitle them on their return to this country to all the benefits and privileges as contained and stipulated in our general rules." Members who had emigrated prior to this decision were required -to register their application and begin paying their contributions direct to the general office not later than January lst, 1924. With a view to mitigating as far a. possible any hardship that might fall with undue incidence on any member in that district brought about as a result of circumstances arising out of the change, the council could agree to give consideration to any application for financial assistance which may have to be made on behalf of the membership. It was also decided to recommend a free exchange of clearances between ourselves and these countries, members transferring from them to be received into No. 2 section, and our members transferring to them to receive the benefits of their trade section. These proposals were submitted to the votes of our members in T.uly.^1923, and adopted by 18,180 Votes to 2,551. This vote meant that the members of the A. S. C. &. J. in Canada, U. S. A., New Zealand and Australia would manage Hick own affairs. So far as Australia and New Zealand arc concerned, the best relationship > is existing between ourselves and our former districts. The same cannot be said of Canada and the U. S. A. In these countries the members have not all agreed to the suggestions of their respective executive boards, and it is now being urged that there is some confusion as to how these districts stand towards the A. S. W. There is no confusion on this side of the water, and the fact that hundreds of men who desire to retain their connection with the A. S. W. are paying their contributions direct to this general office indicates that those who allege confusion are not desirous of understanding. The officers of the A. S. C. & J. in Canada and U. S. A. have had all the minutes of the general council, thc report of the overseas delegation, the proposals submitted to our members, and the result ol the vote. If they do not understand them the fault lies 'with them. We do, however .deprecate attempts to affect ignorance of the deliberate and considered policy of the A. S. W. as voiced by the general council and ratified by our members, and it will save trouble if our late districts of Canada and U. S. A. realize the position, and face their problems as self-governing and distinct organizations. Wayburn's Promenaders at New Orpheum Coming to tho New Orpheum Theatre next week aH the headline attraction is another of the novel, speedy and popular Ned Wayburn revues—the "Promenaders"—a production of which dane- in;: skill and youthful feminine beauty are. the outstanding characteristic... Like all • New Wayburn revues, the "Promenaders" Is a show of lavish settings and costuming. Wayburn makes It a special point to send forth all his newer talent, as well as the established stars, in an environment that will do credit to his world-wide reputation as one of the chief factors In the success of the "Ziegfeld Follies" and numerous other widely known and successful Hroadway musical productions. In this respect, "The Promenaders" is fully up to the high standard set by the Way- burn "Buds of 1927" and "Variety Show" which have preceded this production on tour. Jay Hrenmtn and Stanley Rogers have returned to vaudeville with a new version of their famous character .comedy dialogue, which they call "You Slay Me.*' They occupy their own field entirely by themselves, and this field under their careful supervision .yields an enormous harvest of fun. La Clrand Colleano Is probably the greatest artist on the taut wire in the world. He does not use a balancing pole or any other means of regaining his equilibrium and his feats on the wire are amazing, being the only man to...perform a double.' back somersault from a*stnnding position on the wire. Art Henry and Company in l'A Re- hearsal" have a skit as.different as It is amusing.. It deals with the efforts of a pair of would-be Thespians In preparing an act for vaudeville. Art In ahlv assisted by thc comely* Opal Callahan, who.Is a capable dancer and .ttn&.fWrfcWftin,, . Zt ■ ■'"' Charles Harrison and Sylvia Dakin j will present "An OperettA for Two." which ls a take-off on the plot and score of the average musical production. Harrison Is a first class song composer, sketch writer, singer, dancer and comedian. Peggy- MacKechnie is advertised as "the mentally marvelous school girl in an amazing demonstration," which Includes examples of rapid calculation, ambidextrous writing, upside down and backwards, memory feats that arc astonishing, and sometimes combines several demonstrations at one time. Jetta Ooudal wilkbe seen as the star !n the feature photoplay. *The Forbidden Woman," which Ik a tensely dramatic story that carries you from the arid desert of Morocco to the bright lights of Paris and hack again to the most daring clamix ever visualized on the screen. GETTING EVEN The famous revivalist. Torrey, was holding forth in Albert Hall, London, about the number of people who either had gone or would go to hell, and, corjiing to cases, added; "I am sorry to say that a near relation of my own—my aunt, in fact—died impenitent and has certainly gone to hell." This style of oratory proved little to the taste of a young man in the congregation, who rose -and made for the door. Whereupon Torrey marked him down in the usual style of the revivalist, and improved the occasion with, "Yes, and there is a young, man whoAvilj oeartainly go to nell, too!" He proceeded to enlarge on this suggestion as the young man made his way slowly to the door, apparently unmoved. When the victim reached the door he turned round and* addressed the_ reyjvalist foirthe first tftfie. %a^"twt3R I jjgst tell her you'll see her later?" Any message for Auntie? Or shall NEW YEAR'S TERM OPENS JAN. 3RD PROTT HAW 'CHOOLS of Commerce and Telegraphy 4 SCHOOLS Q 336 Hasting* Street Weat - - - - - Seymour 1810-7125 Bekins Building (Wireless and Wire Telegraphy) - Sey. 7451 Corner Robson and Granville ....... Seymour 2778 Corner Tenth Avenue and Main Street - - - - Fairmont 41 Before launching upon the expenditure required to give a member of the family a business course, the wise parent should carefully investigate seven things: 1. The age. history and renutabillty of the school. 2. The location and accessibility of the school. 3. The qualifications and expertness of its teachers—one good teacher is worth more than a dozen poor ones. 4. The kind and amount of ecii.iim.ei_t on which* the student Is to be trained. 5. The results over a period of years which that school has produced. 6. The nature and extent of the school's business clientele—In other words, can and does it place its graduates and In what sort of offices aro they placed. 7. The cost—always bearing in mind that the cheapest In dollars and cents Is almost invariably the most expensive In the long run. Fifteen or twenty dollars saved during a course of training generally means from ten to twenty dollars a month lost throughout the rest of ones period of employment. There is nothing more expensive than a bungled education. On All These Points the Sprott-Shaw Schools Court Investigation Write or phone for particulars and they will be mailed to you. 8505 Perils have not passed f HEN the white man came, lurking Indians were a constant peril. Although years have passed since then, there are still those who prey upon the fortunes of the unsuspecting and uninformed. Without the protection of modern banking facilities you invite misfortune. The Royal Bank of Canada Vancouver Branch 16 Offices in Vancouver. B. L Mitchell, Manager SI Branches in British Columbia 252 Phone Fair. 80 Exclusive Ambulance Service PHONE 80 FAK. Up-to-date Ambulancos and Invalid Coachei. AU Attendants Qualltled in Plrat Aid "St. John's Ambulance Association" "W* Spoclallze ln Ambnlano* Service Only" 536 Thirteenth Avenue Weat, Vancouver, B.C. JOIN THE LABOR PARTY For Further Information Write < P. C. SECTION, CANADIAN LABOR PARTY Pr._id.-nt. J. FLYNN; Secretary, W. CAMPBELL, 200 18th At*. E. Vice-president*: W. H. COTTRELL, W. W. LEFEAUX, S. BATE ■ T » " RED STAR DRUG STORE •The Mail Order Drtigfcista" ■-****Mam*-A Bteelal VttggsgistsWut^^ at Turn* Order. COB_r» OOBBOTA AMD OlmBdT.I. " rAMOOXTPVSM. M. O. Friday, December 30, 1927 THE LABOR STATESMAN Three Trades Union Directory Correspondence J I- rauonvar Trad** and tabor Conned— President, J. Thomson; general aecre- ta.y. Percy R. Bengough. Office. 80a Holden Bldg., 16 Hastings Earn. Phone Sey. 7495. Meeta In Labor Hall at 8 p.m. on the first and third Tuesdays In month. B. 0. ri*bermen'* A«*o_latlon, meets every month at the call of the Secretary In the Holden Bldg. General Secretary. H. Hombrook, S3 Hastings ■ St., w. Beverage Dispensers Union Ho. 676 meets third Sunday at 8 p.m., Room 310. Holden Bldg. President. W. H. Clancy: Secretary and Business Agent, Tr-J. Hanofln. Office: Room 6. Flack Block: Phones: Sey. 1783 and Bay. 1656-R. Hours: 9 to 1_ a.m. Mill and rectory Woriers' Union, I.ooal Vo. ISM — Affiliated with United Brotherhood of Carpenters A Joiners. Meets first and third Thursdays In Room 313 Holden Bldg. President. H. C. Matthews; Business Agent, A. l-raham. 809 Holden Building. Rec. Sec. R. G. Inder; H. G. Avery. Mil- Wagon Driven aad Dairy Bmploy- *•*, I.ocal 461—Meeta second and fourth Friday m Labor Hull. Ill Hastings St. B. President, T. Rutherford; business agent, Birt Showier, 1115 Robson St. * Bridge ft Structural Iron WorHers, Local 97, Int. Aaso.—Meets every Monday, i Room 801 Hnlden Bldg., at 8 p.ro.J President, Sydney Dunstone; Secre-( tary, P. Lauret, Box 302, City, Phone. Fair. 2108L. * Motion Picture* Projaotlonlit'a Union, Local 348 of U.IS._. ft M P.M O.— Meets at »91 Nelson St. on flrst Sunday In each month at 7:30 p.m. President. 3. R. Foster, 1181 Granville St.; Secretary, Geo. Gerrard, Box 316 Business Phone: Sey. 3923. Building Trade* Council. Vancouver— Meets second nnd -fourth Tuesday In' Holden Building. President. Robt Stevenson; Secretary-treas., W. Page. Room 815. Holden Bldg. .' _ Bakers' Local 468, Journeymen, of America—Meets second Saturday In month at 8 p.m.—President. A. Morris. . 2834 Vine St.; sec, T. Rlgby. 1482 Broadway E. Phone Fair. 2355X. Bakery Salennen, Local 371 — Meeta aecond Thursday every month. Holden Bldg., 16 Hastings B. President B.- Holmes: acting secretary, Blrt Showier, 1115 Robson, office, 807 Holden Building. Barbers,' Journeyman International Un- ion of America—Local 120. meets second and fourth Tuesdays In each month In Room 310 Labor Hall, 16 Hastings East. Pres., Fred. Dawe; Sec-treas., c. B. Herrett, Office 114 Holden i:w . Musician* Mntnal Protective Union Looal 146. A. V. of M.—Me. IB at the O W. V. A. Auditorium, second Sunday at 10 a.m. President. Edward Jamieson; secretary. W. Edmunds; financial secretary, W. E. Williams: organiser,. F. Fletcher, all at 991 Nelson Street Painter*. 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I Plumber* and Bteamfltter*, Wo. 170, International Asso. of—Meets every 2nd and 4th Friday In the Holden Bldg. President, R. Simpson; secretary and business agent, W. Watt, 806 Holden Building. Bricklayers', Mason*' and Tile Setter*1 Int. Union Wo. 1—Meets second and fourth Wednesday In the Holden Bldg President. G. I. Hi.lll.ay; SecreUry. W. S. Dagnall 1244 50th Ave a Phone Fair. 846 R. W. J. Pipes, Fln. Secretary, 840 Beach Ave. Camp and Mill Workers Federal Labor Union Wo. 31—Vancouver and vicinity meets every second Wednesday at 8 p.m. at 544 Powell St. East President. H. Mlyazaua; Secretary, K. Tsuyuki. Carpenters and Joiner*, United Brotherhood of, Loeal 432—President, R. .1 Thompson; finnnclnl secretary, R. W. Hatley: business* agent, W. Hargreaves. Office. Room 809 Label Hall. 16 Hastings East. Meets secom' and fourth Mondays, 8 p.m. Point Grey Municipal Employees' Association, Local Wo. 3—Meets second Mondny of each month at the Masonic Hall. Kerrisdale, 8 p.m. President, V. Ross Squalr, 3721 30th W. Secretary A. Patterson 8179 Hudson 8treet. Editor, Labor Statesman: * Sir,—In reference to Mr. Chappie's statement of "having traver_ed the circle of psychology," I would say respectfully and for the sake of emphasis, that it is screamingly ridiculous. Indeed, I beg to make an amendment by asseverating that we have not even broached the surface yet. Mr. Chappie again rushes into a series of opinions and statements that, without a citation of their experimental proof, are absolutely worthless. He is, in other words, talking in terms of the old psychology. . But fortunately, we have a new psychology founded on the experiments of the Psychical Research Society of London, whose records— thousands of them—may be found in two volumes of "Phantasms of the Living," placed therein by some of the ablest, most caretaking and conscientious scientists in the civilized world—men such as Crooks, Wallace, James, Gates, Myers, Podmore and Hodgson. Suppose men were compelled by necessity to depend on misleading statements and implications, as we are in Mr. Chappie's letter, how could they possibly be expected to take an interest in psychology? Here is the implied statement in the form of a question: "These three cases, Blind Tom, Zera Colburn and the illiterate servant, are very familiar to thousands of readers, but is there one of the cases that did not have a portion of the brain abnormally developed?" How Mr. Chappie can ask a question founded on such unwarranted assumption in the face of the overwhelming evidence supporting an answer in thc negative offered by the Psychical Research Society can only be explained by the fact that he was either unaware of their efforts, or. preferred to ignore them in favor of his own speculations. It has been thoroughly established by the above society that the powers mentioned had absolutely nothing to do with the brain, but on the con Printing Pressmen and Anlitant*, Looal Wo. 69—Meets every second Tuesday In the month at 8 p.m. In Room til Labor Hall. 19 Hastings St. VS. Pre»l-,: trary when that organ was used to dent. Harry F. Longley. 301 8th St., North Van.; secretary, Wm. Qulgley, 2083 2nd Ave. XV., Box 894. City Rail Employees' Association meet, first Wednesday of each month at 251 H Hastings I... at 8 p.m. Prealdent, n. Hargreaves: treasurer, XV. 3. Srib- blns. 3208 Pender St. B.: Secretary, J Tarbuck, 2792 Pender East. Civic Employees' Union, Looal 88 — Meets first and third Fridays In the month at 251H Hastings F,, at • p.m President, R. N. Hogg, 1718 Commercial Dr.; secretary-treasurer, George Harrison, 1182 Parker St. ■laotrlaal Worker*. 1-Oqal 813. International Brotherhood—Meets every Mon day at 8 p.m. In Room No. 5, 319 Pan-. der Street West. President, H. C. Allen; business agent, B. H. Morriaoa. Offlce. 319 Pender Street Weat. "I Bngineers—International Union Steam and On*r»tlng Local 644—Meets every Thursday at 8 p m- Room «n« Holden Bldg. President. E. McCallum; rec sec.. Geo. Pettaplece; Fin. Sec. A Bus. Agent T. A. Newblgglng. Office, Room 806 Holden Building. rire PlghUrs, Wo. 18, International Association of—Meets pvery month a* call of president, st 261 H Hasting* B President, N. McDonald. No. 3 Fire Hall; financial secretary. C. A. Watson. No. 3 Fire Hall. rioorlay*.*' Union. No. 1875. tl B. of C. A J. of A., meets 1st- and 3rd Thursdays In 310 Holden Bldg. st rl pm President. B C Woodward; Fln See:. A. Reid: Rec Sec, W. D. Wilson, 1264 Howe St. Cod Carriers and Bnlldlng Laborers, Wo. 803, International. Meets first and third Friday in month at Holden Building. President. C. Lawson. 183! 3rd Ave. W. Fln. Sec. and Business Agent, J. A. Barrlngton, 4293 Welwyn Street. Phone Fair. 1434L. Bailway Carmen of America, Li SB—Meets flrat and third Pr, month at Cotillon Hart Granville and Davie Streeta President. A. 8. Ross. 5873 Pr. Edward St.; secretary. J. D. Vullamy. 2815 15th Ave. XV. _odg* Wo. Frigs y In nvllle and Strut and Blsctrio Bailway Employee* Pioneer Dlvi.lon Wo. 101—Meets K P. Hall. Eighth and Klngsway. lat and 3rd Mondays at 10:16 a.m and 7 n.m President, W. H. Cottrell; recording secretary. F. E. Griffin: treas.. H. G. Blazier; financial secretary and business agent. Angus Maclnnes, 3644 Pr Edward St. Office: corner Prior and Main streets. Phone Fairmont 2160L Sheet Metal Worker* Association, Looal Union Wo. 380 — Meets second and fourth Thursday In month In Holden Building. 16 Hastings Street E. Presl- dent, A. Fisher. 1962 4th Avenue W.; business agent and secretary, D. Mac- Pherssn. 807 Holden Bldg. Shingle Weaver*. Loeal 17813—Meeta second Tuesday In month, ln Room No. 2, Labor Temple. New Westmln ster, a_td 4th Sunday. 7:30 p.m.. In Room 313 Holden Bldg., Vancouver President, J. N. Chute. Phone High 1982-T; sec, XV. H. Matthew, 3436 Irving St. Tailors', Jonrneymen Union of America. Local Wo. 17B—Meetings held first Thursday In each month. 8 p.m.'Execu- tlve meets third Thursday of everv month In Labor Hall. President, F. Franco: secretary, C. McDonald P.O. Box 503. Executive meets third Thursday of everv month Tsamatsra, Chanffanra. Stablemen and Belpen, Looal 466—MeeU every 2nd and 4th Wednesday, 310 Holden Bldg President. A. A. McKay, 771 Beatty St.; secretary-treasurer, A. P. Black. 880 Homer St. Theatrical Star* Employe**' Union. Local 118 of tho X A.T.S.E. ft M.P.M.O. —Meets at 991 Nelson Street on the second Friday In month, at 9:30 a.m President. O. W. Allen; SecreUry. Gordon Martin. Business address, P. O. Box 711. Typographical dent. C. ~ Union, Wo. 838—Preal- S. Campbell; vice-president, R. Qouthro; Secretary-treasurer. R. H. Neelands. P.O. Box 61. Meeta last Sunday of each month at 2 p.m., In Holden Bulldlnr. 16 Hastings St. B Hotel and Restaurant Employees and Marine Coo .* ft Steward*, Local 38— 441 8eymour St., meets second Monday each month at 3 p.m., last Mondays at 9 p.m. President Thos. Edwards, Sec.-Treas. Harry Wood. Busl- ness Agent. Phone Sey. 126. Ladles' Auxiliary, Looal 171 — United Brotherhood of Carpenter* — Meets] every first and third Wednesday ofj 'each month In 810 Holden Building, at) 8 p.m. President, Mrs. Nickels. 23881 House that you are behind us by A great thing is a great book, but greater than all is the talk of a great man.—Disraeli. Help us show the lie wis Piano Forty-second Ave. E.; secretary; Ell. abeth J. Hope, 1138 Seymour St Phone Sey. 9074L. ' taking their advt. with you to their store when making purchases. Latlur*. Wood, Wlr* aad Metal, International Union, Looal 807 — Meets Ind and 4th Mondays In month, at room 20* Holden Bldg. President, .R PrJfnlU»S>»S_-?.l«* Vannes^;, Secre. L -UryrBert Jenkins. 60 -46th Ava «.- ^ Machinist Looal 888—President, Thos < 8111*, 1161 Burrard St Secretary. P. I R. Bengough. Off lee, 887 Labor Hall. It Hastings Bast. Meets on Mcond ' and fourtb Tuesday* In month. Prince Rupert Trades & Labor Council MEETS second Thursday In well month. Prealdent. B. D. McDonald, Box 2(8. Secretary. Frank Derry. Box 411. Prince Rupert, B.C. develop a knowledge of arithmetic in Zera Colburn, who previously wasn't even acquainted with the Arabic numerals (Law of Psychic Phenomena, page 64), he straightway lost his subjective powers. And as for Blind Tom, he was a hopeless idiot and possessed no brain power at all. This is what Hudson has to say on the subject in his "Evolution of the Soul," page 30: "Many instances of intuitive perception are recorded fully as remarkable as thc above. They are sometimes developed in idiots and frequently in children possessing a normal brain, but in the latter case it is always found, as with Zera Colburn, that an ordinary education in the same line of development results in the loss of the subjective powers. In Blind Tom's case an objective education was impossible and hence he never lost the .ubjective faculty that distinguished him." Here is an extra case that will throw further light on the subject. It was investigated by the Royal Society of London in 1754: "Jedcdiah Buxton lived to the age of 70, but never had the brain capacity to learn the first four rules in arithmetic. His abilities were equally limited in other directions save one: He had a perfect intuitional perception of the laws of numbers. He would walk across a piece of land and tell its contents in acres exactly as it could be measured with the appliances of the surveyor's art. In this manner he measured thousands of acres, giving the contents not only in acres but in square-inches also." He had intuitive nerception "just as the organless moneron had. It is an established fact that* when thfise abnormalities occur, the faculties of the objective mind are always held in abeyance. I think that's enough evidence with what I have given before to demonstrate the superiority of the new psychology. And unless I am a poor judge of human nature, I take it that the men who have sufficient sense to participate in the activities of a labor union would also take great pleasure in pursuing mentally the methods and deductions that distinguish it, and in studying accounts of the amazing records of the Psychical Research Society. I am afraid Mr. Chappie flatters me when he says my article is suited for publication in "The Two Worlds" or in "The Occult Review," but even if it is, I i would prefer to have it printed in Ithe Labor Statesman, since to have An-HppEJflf^ir^ tinned would be tantamount to bringing coals to Newcastle. To make psychology interesting one must collate it with evolution, industrial, physical and spiritual, begirtiiirig with the moneron and ending up with such late successors of hi3 as the present Henry Ford. Mr. Chappie has done very well and I am glad to see he takes an interest in the subject. But if I c"ih possibly arouse a general interest in the editors of the Labor Statesman and in the labor unions by presenting them with a dozen or so articles on the subject, I shall certainly not let the opportunity slip. Here is my plan: I shall write the articles, beginning with the moneron and ending it with the multi-millionaire, in as far as they are related to psychology, in typewritten booklet form. I shall show how the laws of variation and heredity, adaptation and survival of the fittest with an occasional mutation and the urge of instinct, brought the one-celled moneron to the estate of manhood with potential divinity in his make-up. I shall show how the instinct developed to intuition and how economic determination goes hand in hand with ethics. I shall follow the development of man's soul right through from the start. I shall show that the development of material institutions brought in its wake the development of their ecclesiastical counterparts. I shall trace the development of religion from the time man crawled out to the face of the world with weapons I of teeth, claws and a probable big; club. And finally, I shall show how i the industrial revolution material- hsed; how corporations became trusts and trusts evolved to ever-larger syndicates. I shall show that industrial development is a necessity pursuant to the impulse imparted by thc profit system, and that the development of the working class with their sympathizers in every other class, educationally, along economic and psychological lines, is the greatest necessity in climbing the few remaining steps that lead to the new order of society. I submit that^the psychological treatment will arouse interest in labor that would otherwise remain dormant. When I have written this booklet in chapters, each about the length of what a letter ought to be, I shall hand it to the editors at no very distant date. If they like it they can let the unions look it over; and if they are pleased, I shall defy any man anywhere to refute the propositions involved. If they are not pleased I shall not be the least bit disappointed. Nothing would displease me more than to have men accept articles for the sake of making a pet of. Yours truly, F. W. MOORE. THE ESTHER BAKERY Get your Cakes and Pudding* for your » NEW YEAR PARTY at this bakery MAKERS OF HOVIS Also Maker* of tha Beet White, Raisin and Nut Brand — Phone: Highland 1309 3728 HASTINGS ST. EAST R. C. HIRST Electrical Contractor and Dealer House Wiring, Fixtures, Lamp*, Batteries Olen 370 4099 Hastlars at M. C83WKK**XK><>0<K>^^ Editor, Labor Statesman. Dear Sir,—Some time since a letter from Jack Chapel anent "Christian Socialism." May I add a plea for religion. As he avers "re" means back and "legare," from some Latin word, meaning to bind. He objects, apparently to being bound,to anything. Now God binds only by and through love. "God is Love." Any other force attributed to God is but the natural effect of evil, and, while permitted (else would we be but machines) is a blot on nature, and can only be countered by unselfish love. In what other way can this best come but through some noble, unselfish religion or binding back to God and Love. Hence, alone can fallen humans find the cure for all their ills. All noble creeds, organizations or systems are but an attempt to bring this to pass. All have elements of good in them, else would they break. Your correspondent refers to need of food before mind or spirty. The heart first is inspired, then comes thought and this moves to action. Therefore is the intangible something we call spirit or soul the source of all thought and action. So, the sooner the source returns to its pristine purity, the sooner .will we, as individuals, and then as peoples eradicate selfishness as the soul mainspring of action, and true altruism will come about. But I have occupied enough of your valuable time and space, and must thank you heartily. Yours sincerely, J. N. SIDERFIN. (Ed. Note: This will be the last letter published on the above subject). t Good Milk! 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SMITH Registered OPTOMETRIST AND OPTICIAN 49 anting* St., Waat, _.___« 1(07 Phon* Bey. 6880. Vancouver, B.C. Let's Eat Today at the Harmony Cafe "Dine here and you will always be In tune" took "sharp" or you'll be left "flat" ln tho rush for onr 40o lunch—best ln town "bar" none! JIM GRANVILLE 8T. SET. 099. Start 1928 Right! " Remember That every dollar you spend on British Columbia Products sta^s here and helps some other workers to buy British Columbia Products, some of which may perh-ps be produced by you yourselves! Keep the other fellow busy during 1928 aid thus help yourselves by Buying B. C. Products Time and tide wait for no one! But Sey. 4000 will gladly wait for everyone.' DAY OR NIGHT UNION DRIVERS PHONE SEY. 4000 Demand the Union Bntton. (Inserted by Local 151) The Labor Statesman Published every Friday, at lit Holden niilg.. Vancouver. 11. c. Owned by the Vancouver, New Westminster and District Trades and Labor Council. Official Organ of the Canadian Labor Party. H. W. 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W. BOYD Authorized by the ▼anoonver, new W**tmlnst*r & District Trade* a Labor Connoll, for th* information of all anion member*. Vancouver, B. C, Dec. 30, 1927 CHEAP FARM LABOR A sixteen-year-old boy was recent- 'y found on an Atlantic liner beating his way back to the British Isles. In the police court at Liverpool the boy stated that the promises that had been made to induce him to come to Canada had not been kept. Apparently to wheedle the boy away from his parents they were caused to believe that he was to be sent to a "farm school" for a year, but on reaching Halifax he was rented out to a farmer and the most of his wages with-held to repay the cost of his passage to Canada. Some two years ago this writer pointed out that whenever an immigrant ;to Canada dared to expose, or ih any way publicly complain of the deceptive character of the Canadian government immigration promises our government always has a paid agent at hand to libel, defame and scandalize the disillusioned victim, and true to form in this case, the Liverpool despatch was accompanied by the following comment under an Ottawa headline: "It is true we helped to bring boys to Canada, and it is true that some of them turn out to be lazy and shiftless," said an officer of the Department of Immigration, and the "officer" goes on to say that he had no information as to this particular case, but, of course, to libel tbe boy he would not require to know anything of the case. But what he did know was that it was the policy of the department to traduce and to villify the dissatisfied immigrant. Modern life contains nothing more ghastly, more tragic, than the lot of the orphan child on a farm. The farmer himself is ground between two millstones. Whether he goes into the market to buy or to sell he is the victim of forces, over which he has no control. He is plundered so completely that any labor which he can pay for must belong to one of three groups—the European immigrant who has not yet found his way into the industrial field, the mentally deficient, and the orphan child. The latter is the most docile and most profitable victim. He has no idea as to working hours, no idea as to the burden he should fairly carry. He may be bullied and insulted at every turn- with impunity and even maltreated for he does not know how to move or where to go to better himself. The same paper that told of the Liverpool boy told of another homeless boy in northern Ontario who, after living two months in a hole in the ground, still carried the welts on his body given him. by the farmer, for being lazy and shiftless our government will say. Later particulars disclose thc fact that complaint on behalf of the Liverpool boy -has reached the Federal Immigration Department—and the Department had written the employer and the employer had assured them that there were no grounds for complaint—and that settled that. If Harriet Beecher Stowe had only thought of writing to Simon Legree she would undoubtedly have been assured that there was not a word of truth in Uncle Tom's complaint, that the old man was treated like a Royal Turk and didn't know when he was well off. This form of investigation . has, and always did have, wonderful possibilities. Still remembering that a year ago a child slave if the farm in Manitoba, and bIso another in Ontario, were driven to suicide by the brutality ,of the greedy farmefT we would say that be Department at Ottawa has sunk as low as the work it is engaged in when it refuses to investigate the complaint of a helpless child that it has by fraud enticed froitt its home and people. * CHEAP DOMESTIC LABOR The Salvation Army has performed its wonderful annual stunt of feeding thc hungry, and it is now advertising that it has a group of young women for domestic labor to arrive in January.. Any employer requiring domestic labor at one-half the wage that a self-respecting Canadian girl can maintain herself should apply to the Salvation Army at 75 Seventeenth avenue east. The Provincial government has given the doctors, lawyers, dentists and similar professions the means to limit competition and thereby keep up rates in their fields; nurses, accountants and even barbers enjoy somewhat similar protection. This good citizen cannot sell insurance, i or a piece of real estate without being registered and paying a license fee, that is designed to keep out the irregular or part-time man. Notary public commission is only issued where there is no competition. Loggers and sawmill workmen have a Minimum Wage Act, and one-half of the Deputy Minister of Labor's time is expended endeavoring to enforce the Women's Minimum Wage in factories; and by means of the Marketing Act the government has placed an implement in the farmers' hands to put an end to price cutting and other practices, which prevent a living return to the farmer for his work. With protection at practically every point from top to bottom how comes it that the weakest, the most helpless form of labor, the woman domestic worker has no protection, but rather is the victim of a deliberately designed policy to drive wages and working conditions down to the European level? If competition is so undesirable that we have to enact laws "K shelter and protect the many vocations referred to, is the Canadian girl who takes up domestic labor a social outcast, lor why should her field of labor be bedevilled by imported competition? M. I. LP. Notes See us for your Boys' and Girls' • SCHOOL SHOES We carry the "LECKIE," "WILLIAMS," "HURLBUT" and "CLASSIC" at LOWER PRICES. 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All interested workers should put in an appearance at this meeting, and come prepared to do their little share in the campaign. J. C. WOOD, Campaign Manager. BARNET LUMBER CO., LTD. -995 HASTINGS STBEET EAST High. 180 Olen 384 night Call: Olen 433, Carl 398T3 BARNET BOOSTS ^^sfnTfr^ BETTER WK^ BUILT *a^i£^m BUNGALOWS SEE US FOR SPECIALS SO. VAN. I. L. P. DANCE SATURDAY, JANUARY 14 South Vancouver I. L. P. will hold their first whist drive and dance at Elk's hall, 49th and Fraser, on Jan. 14. This will be the first dance of the year, and the committee have decided on a real novelty a/fair. New novelties will be introduced, and fun, pleasure and prizes will hold full sway. Whist will be played from 8 to 9:30; good eats to follow, and then dancing till rtiorning. Tombola prizes willbe given away on admission tickets, and the beautiful girls will provide thc music. So come on, gang, you will have a real time, and remember whist will start at 8 p.m. T.R. COMOX I. L. P. DODSON'S BAKERY Wishes AH Its Customers a Happjr New Year! | If you have forgotten to order your New Year's' Short Cake Phone up now! Seymour 3889 H 27 Hastings Street East, opp. Holden Building THE COMPLIMENTS OF THE SEASON TO YOU! Someone somewhere wants a Steffens-Colmer Photograph of You Now- /'; New- Location: 560 GRANVILLE STREET Seymour 7461 Things in general are going along nicely here. Our I. L. P. is growing, Wc have a live-wire in MacDonald as secretary. I Cannot move away from the ranch just now on account of both my sons being away, but I after the new year we will make a trip through the riding. We intend | to contest the next election and if we cannot win the seat we will at' least make the big fellow know that we are in the ring.—WM. LAW. WOMEN'S AUXILIABY No. 75 to Vanconver Typographical Union meets first Thursday of each month, ln the Vanconver Women'* Bnlldlng-. 7S2 Thnrlow Street. President, Mr*. V. 3. Trnmper, Suite 41. 840 Nelson Street; Secretary. Una A. Pettipiece, 1848 Balaclava Boad. Western Steel Products, Ltd. ROOFIXG CONTRACTORS WISH ALL OUR FRIENDS.-PATRONS and EMPLOYEES A HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR! Granville Island Seymour 2172* TA3BB NOTICE t-u-t-€harles-^. Gurtln. Mining Engineer. INTENDS TO APPLY FOR PERMISSION to prospect for coal and petroleum over the following: lands: Commencing at a post planted at the Northwest corner of Lot 102. Range ;. Coast District, thence 80 chains. South,- thence 80 chains East, thence 80-eha-ins North, thence 80 chains West, to point of commencement, and containing 610 acresi more or loss, and bo Ing survived and Gazetted a* Lot 102, Ranee 6, Coast District. Dated November 3rd, 1927. V CHARLES J. CUR-TIN, ^ By ES. M. Hoops, Agent. SEYMOUR 3JW2 FOR THE BEST PAPER VALUES wasl^t/?er (oinpatii) WHal.salt'Pcfvr WISHES ALL ITS CUSTOMER^ AND FRfENPSZTHE. COMPLIMENTS'OF THE SEASON AND A PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR! Office and Warehouse: 502 Bel.ins Building, Vancouver, B. C. ~ ......J.,,.,,.. : p " '\JjAf- ".. '"■'"^■VSfjg; T'tXS NOTICE that Charles S. Curtln. '.Mining Engineer. INTENDS, TO APPLY POR PERMISSION to prospect for coal and petroleum over the following lands: ■ ~ Commencing at a post planted at the Southeast corner of Lot 225. Range 5. Coast District, tbence 10 chains North, thence 80 chain* West, thence 80 chains . -v~ South, thence 9* chains Ea.st. to point Of -commencement, snd containing $10 acres, more or less, and being surveyed Oaieted as Lot 225, Range 5, Coast District. ;.',.-.' Dated November Ird. 1*27.' .'■'.. CHARLES J. CURTIN. Br E. U, Hoops. Agent. *S. Friday, December 30, 1927 j : THE LABOR STATESMA Five = 1928 ' ■■■■ for a GREATER VANCOUVER Pull Together! ... Push Together! Progress Together! DAVID HALL A Happy New Year Let 4X serve you all the way during 1928 Labor Gains One Seat On Edmonton Council Labor lost one seat and gained two on the Edmonton City Council thereby giving Labor four seats and the other parties six. Two Labor candidates were elected to the School Board giving Labor three seats and the other parties four. The Labor candidates who were elected for aldermen ivere James East and L. S. C. Dineen. The other Labor aldermen remaining on the council were Aldermen Gibbs and Farmilo. The Labor candidates elected on the School Board were Dr. F. _W. Crang and Elmer Roper, editor of the Alberta Labor News. The remaining board member is S. A. G. Barnes. CANADIAN • BAKERIES • LIMITED sgg&r's Opera at Vancouver, Monday There are certain qualities o_ fascln- I alIon about "The Beggar's Opera." corn- ling to the Vancouver Theatre for a {limited engagement of two days coni- Imeii-ing next Monday, January 2. which Rio mere description can visualise fully- fit Al one of those productions In which ntho appeal to the eye and ear is perfectly uysichroni.ed, -and its melodies 'twould furnish material for a dozen mu_- Klcal comedies. The revival Is as com- t plet_ a work of art as the opera itself -Via Frederic Austin revampde the old ncore; Arnold Bennett edited the lyrics and dialogue—halting well on this side H>_ prudery; the late Claud Lovat- 1. ru-er designed the costumes.and scenery in keeping with the old Hogarfh ^masterpieces which served u,B models: and Nigel Mayfair acted as producer, f They say the piece laughed Italian opera oft the stage in England; that It .was George Washington's favorite show, and that a "Polly. Peaehum" of the time precipitated the famous quarrel between Alexander Hamilton am< Aaron Burr. These stories may be apocryphal, and they may- matter not at all. Nothing more than a sense of humor Is required to enjoy ."The Beggar'. Opera." It Is just as keenly alive today ns it was'when it set all London gasping and chuckling In 1728. The company coming ■ here in the same aa revived the old music play in 1920 at the. Lyric Theatre In London, which enjoyed a capacity run for more than four solid years. MALE MINIMUM WAGE (Continued from page 1) purveying meals to the public. By applying an adequate minimum wage to all employees in catering establishments a solution for the present unsatisfactory state of affairs would be apparent and no employer would have an advantage over another; and could, if he so desired, retain the Oriental in his employ, which we think he would not. We further wish to stress upon another matter dealing with wtiat time should elapse before the law became effective. During the summer months a vast amount of tourist trade creates capacity business in city restaurants, and if there is to be any reorganization to take place the sooner the act became operative the better; as the logical time for any change is now and not six months hence. Therefore, we 6elieve that a period of not more than 60 days should dapse before the Board's findings are put into effect. Otherwise we believe that it will loose the effect that might accrue in this direction. We are of the opinion that a min- mum of not less than 50c per hour and meals whilst employed should be established for all male employees in or incidental to the catering industry in hotels, restaurants, cafeterias, clubs, boarding houses, or any place where meals are prepared or served and a charge for the same is made, either directly or indirectly. The, organized culinary workers also extend an invitation to all employers in this industry to.periodf; cally meet them at round-table conferences to amicably adjust any difference or difficulty that might arise, believing that the employees are as much interested in the successful operation of the catering industry and are also desirous of the establishment of a more sanitary and daylight kitchen, with adequate accommodation and facilities for kitchen employees, and periodical medical examination of all employees handling food. One more convincing argument of why the catering trades employees should be paid an adequate wage. If investigation is made it will show that employees who perform the duties of feeding live stock such as race horses, pedigree dogs, etc., receive more than we are asking for; sjirely those who perform the duties necessary to the feeding of the public are worth 50c per hour. We are submitting two copies of this statement, hoping that you will submit one to the press for publication after the Board has dealt with this matter. By authorization of the Hotel and Restaurant Employees' Union Local No. 28. THOS. EDWARDS, President. JANUARY SALE Genuine savings in Suits and Overcoats; ' One-third and One-half off the regular prices. NOW is your chance to buy at BI<^ reductions. Don't forget that this store is only six months old and therefore has ALL NEW GOODS. CORNFIELD & HARDING Ltd. "C A H Sell for L««" 21 Hastings Street East Just East of Carrall One on Johnny Bull A visiting Briton ordered some fresh oysters in July. "Sorry, sir," said the waiter, "but we don't serve oysters at present" "Why not?" "This is not the season for them." "Eh. But, look here, isn't it possible to bribe the game warden?" Advice to Youth Interviewed at his home by radio, Thomas A. Edison made answer to this inquiry: Q. From your experience, Mr. Edi.on, what advice would you give to the youth of today? A. Youth does not take advice. EAT AND ENJOY YOUR NEW YEAR'S DINNER AT 8909-O West Hastings Street—29 Come in Today—Look Over the Best Appointed, Most Modern Cafe in Town! W E want everyone to see thc wonderful changes we have made—we have spared no expense to give you the best —and we're proud of what we've accomplished. We are Open for Business You'll get the famous "Golden Gate" foods, "Golden Gate" " service at the same low "Golden Gate" prices. !_»HONE SEYMOUR 8326 and arrange to have your New Year Dinner at the GOLDEN GATE CAFE Gus K. Thodos, Proprietor 130 HASTINGS STREET EAST Give SHOES This New Year Fit Guaranteed or Money Refunded tit- NEW YEAR'S SLIPPERS SEE OUR DISPLAY SPECIAL NEW YEAR'S SALE, Women's Slippers, all colors, kid leather, rubber heels, felt lined; only 95c Other styles at ....: $1.25, $1.45 and $1.95 MEN—Latest arrivals in new style Slippers; regular $4.00 and $4.50; only $2.65 Other styles at...... $1.45, $1.95 and $2.25 SEE OUR DISPLAY C. J. Packham & Son * ^SSTSL ■ SeyEc^uF 3892 LABOR LAWS URGED BY N. Y. FEDERATION OF LABOR ALBANY, N. Y.-iRepresentatives from the New York State Federation of Labor colled upon Governor Alfred Smith at the capitol to urge more labor laws, further improve-? ment of the workmen's compensation law and establishment of an exclusive state fund for this law's administration form one big plank in the labor legislation program. Six THE LABOR STATESMAN Friday, December 30, 1927 IRwerMihtmQ Ifates _ui!!_!_ilW* :■«•.. _>*__., uw. otv *A* IP are now _ w^ ■''■In Effect / _fcj_&e_£&. LET your New Year ' festivities blaze with the light of hospitality. The reductions in rates which we announced for January 1 are, in practically all cases, in effect _ _ If your meter has been read for December, the current you are now using will be on tho January bill, which will be at the new rate. Light is cheap- use it freely. * . tJS Carrull Street \2j/ 1138 Grnnvlll, Street EZM REPUBLIC OF PERU wtnnmc CMUN MON TRtALCURB CtttCACO DP o» run SPOKANE ITAMpMD CAUCARV VANCOUVtf. VJ-WCOUVt" OMIN VICTORIA VAHf.Ht IN. AC '.Wi -raiKAHIIJ'!!! AC BONOOU..I- 6% Sinking Fund Gold Bonds, due December 1, 1960 PRICE, $91.50 And accrued interest to yield 6.63 '/< We still have a few bonds available at the above price; please telephone or telegraph orders collect. Tear ont nnd Mail .1 -n. full Address Name R. P. CLARK & CO (Vancouver) Ltd. With whom afe associated McDonald, Jukes & Graves, Ltd. 823 Hastings Street West Phone Sey;. 74S4 SAM'S CLOTHING HOUSE For high quality goods at LOWEST PRICES. We have a wide line of WATERPROOF CLOTHING SAM'S STORE 49 CORDOVA ST. W. ana DAINTY DATE BUTTER a —Makes swell sandwiches. —for Dad's or the Kiddies' Lunch. —Makes a tasty filler for cakes and cookies. Ask your Grocer for Dainty Pitted Dates Dainty Date Company ms venabie. street The King Studio (Established 190.) - WISHES ALL ITS PATRONS AND FRIENDS THE CqtfllLlMMTS-QX-ZFHE SEASON -AUD^A ' * HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR! \ 311 HASTINGS STREET WEST VANCOUVER, B. C. Prices That Fit AH Pockets Sey. 1046 —^i UNION CAFE! New Year and a Resolution I & MERCHANTS (By F. W. MOOHE) In its pas3agc around the sun the Year's resolution that they will find %arth travels over a thousand miles a minute, or more accurately about 68,000 miles an hour. That means one million six hundred and thirty- two thousand miles every 24 hours. Lincly'll "need to go some" tb beat that. To put it in another way, we might say that the greatest aero- machine ever known Jto man's experience lias traveled since last New Year's dinner time, the amazing distance of 595,680,000 miles. To count that a mechanical robot counting one every second for 24 hours a day would consume almost nineteen years. Thus does the earth complete her annual journey in response'1 fo natural law: "The very law that moulds a tear And bids it trickle from its source That law preserves the earth a sphere And guides the planets in their course." The planets are marvelous organizations, no doubt, but in comparison to the puny being called man, with an animalbody and possessing potentially the psychological attributes of a deity, they are but as a means to an end. Let us skip the consideration of the aeons that elapsed as he climbed to manhood from the condition of thc one-celled moneron that hadn't developed a single organ, but was still gifted with the "mental power to perceive and apprehend the laws of its being independent of reason experience or instruction, and was thus able to demonstrate its posses* sion of the essential attribute of omnipotence.—Hudson "Evolution of the Soul," page 15. Man evidently began his career at the bottom of the ladder, when, as a low-down savage, without weapons save claws, teeth, and an intense cunning, necessary for his ascendency in the struggle for existence, he emerged from the thraldom of sameness that the absence of tools imposed on the animals, and began to develop the intuition and reason that enabled him eventually to control his environment and to work his way up through the slow accumulations of experimental knowledge that ultimately led to the invention of modern machinery, the portentous results of which soon became apparent. It is gradually taking the place of men, and since there is little diminution in the length of the working day; unemployment is rife everywhere. "Each year from 1,000,000 to 6,000,000 workers of the United States, for instance, are unemployed for weeks and even months at a time."—American Labor Year Book, 1925. Then, too, we have an insanely stupid international expenditure of the world's wealth for war and defence incidental to the wholesale destruction of property in attempts to acquire forcibly the natural resources for the machines. Wealth might be increased indefinitely instead of being squandered utterly if it were possible to spend it on education instead of on war and defence, a3 indeed it would be, under a slightly more advanced system of civilization. "In modern war," says H. G. Wells, on page 889 of his "Outline of History," "the explosion of a single big shell, even if it hits nothing, destroys labor and material roughly equivalent to a comfortable cottage, or a year's holiday for a man. If the shell hits anything, then that further destruction must be added to the diminution of consumable goods." No individual nation can put an end to war alone. The evil is international and the cure must be of a similar nature. Pendinir, therefore, a federation of the world, we must rely on its present embryonic form as exemplified in the League of Nations. We must use our corporate influence in having the word "aggression" given a definition acceptable to all the great powers, so that there may be no excuse for objecting to an international police force, whose aim would be to brook no infringement of anti-war laws .that were contingent on that definition. That out its true causes, either from read ing such a book as Seligman's "Economic Interpretation of History," or by attending meetings where such things are explained, so that when the national decision as to fighting hangs in the balance, they won't be deceived by the fictitious clap-trap of professional speilers. There is, of course, a necessity for war on occasion since it takes two nations or more to settle a quarrel. But when we go, let the decision to do so be made by men and womerf who think, and not by nonentities whose every action is governed by the suggestion of others. k Seymour 3168 Alway* Ope:, Empire Cafe and Grill Vancouver's Best Under Personal Management of HAROLD DEGG Late 5<th Batt. BOB KRAUSE Late 72nd Batt, 76 Halting. St. E. Vancouver, B.C. A Christmas Tale would not "stop war altogether,. any more than the SUHawry" olTevfi deeds stops crime entirely, yet it is the best that can be done nndcr present circumstances.. ^"Jj^jrtrgMM-li-t fflfflT iftjf of- Which precedent condition now observable, make as certain as the revolution of the earth on its axis, will, be the most revolting, heartless and destructive conflict of all time if the causes that contribute to it are not checked in their development. Let people, who up to the cefving machines. Girls at $15 a present considered the contemplation week have been engaged to attend of war a nuisance, make a New them. Christmas stories are usually woven around some imagined religious or heroic deed and dressed up with such blenishments as will give them charm to make them acceptable to the reader. This little tale, however is void of all cajolery. It presents no artful expressions intended to excite or caress the reader. In fact, it has no thini* at all to ornament it except that it is true. A recent newspaper report recorded the death of one Jacob Sand- strom, crushed by a log and dying of his injuries at a local hospital. The victim of that tragedy was known among his fellows as "Jack, the Swede." He moved periodically up and down thc coast seeking employment in the logging camps and, like most other denizens of the woods, sought recreation in cards and hard liquor. In one respect, however, he differed from many of his kind in that he would not work in the snow. So, what time old Boreas began to blow his icy breath through Johnstone strait, Jack would shack up at one of those numerous little up coast bays to while away the months on captive sand of his summer's stake. "Under such circumstances we first met him some twenty years ago when we sought the shelter of his cabin and listened to him relate, with mingled surprise and disdain, that a stranger had recently pre-empted and settled upon the land in the bay just adjacent to his own. "Some foolish Englishman," Jack opined. "A sickly-looking guy," he continued. "Got a little money and thinks he'll make a fortune off chickens. Went round to visit him today but he gave me the go-bye. Said he didn't want no foolish-looking Swede tomcatting around his farm." The following spring Jack fell ill and spent the ensuing summer in an upcoast hospital. In the fall he found difficulty in obtaining employment and arrived back at his cabin within two weeks of Christmas with tho meager sum of eight dollars wherewith to tide him over the winter. When he landed on the shore of his little bay he encountered two of his neighbor's children occupied in what he termed "pilfering his clam ranch." The next morning Jack tossed his blankets and other junk into his boat, pushed out into the bay and headed south. As he rounded the point the woman, his neighbor was a widow, i intercepted him. She related all that had happened during his absence; her husband's death, her lack of funds and the consequent sufferings of herself and her three children. "I cannot find words to thank you, dear friend," she continued. "But God will reward you. We were on the verge of desperation, but never lost faith in the Divine Helper. It must be wonderful to be His agent!" Jack interjected an occasional "yah! yah!" and "that so?" into all this but presently the full meaning of his neighbor's blessings dawned upon his slow-acting mind. /'Can that!" he exclaimed, "you can't peddle that old stuff to me. I had to work damned hard for that money.", ... The woman was silenced nnd Jack, the Swede, went on his way. As he came abreast the next headland he stopped rowing and looked back. Then, removing his hat, he called after the receding family: "Merry Christmas all and good -tfCkl"™- * The children declared they heard him whistling as he disappeared over the grey water in search of j>nath__r TELEGRAPHERS ARE REPLACED BY MACHINES NEW ORLEANS, -r- Twenty-five telegraph operators have been "let out" by. the Western Union Telegraph Company in this city following the, installation of the automatic re- When ln a Horry, Drop In at Egg Order. FRED'S are alway* . •ok." at Dairy Lunch "It's the Coffee" 73 Halting* XV. Alway Op.n B. WIUINS0K. e,„. n. DUNCAN. %H. Reynolds*Cartage Co. LIMITED Phonea Seymour 3377-3371 Orating, 'Packing, shipping sua Storage Furniture and Piano Moving Long Distance Moving Pool Car Shipments Off la* ana WanHonm 733 — CAMBIE STBEET — 713 PERRY &DOLK Men's Tailors 18 Hastings West Room 33 j The London Bakery Gold Wheat Bread Fairmont 133 438 7th AT*. B. SEY. 7157 A Happy New Year To You V/ NANAIMO ^ WELLINGTi.1. €e*tified cd^H Leslie Coal company Limited BEACH AVEMLlir-. Classified Adverts. BABKISTEBS AMD SO-.ICITOBS Weill, w. __e-_»M, 403 MetropolltU BnUdlag. Phon* s.y. 6367. BATHS ' ■Bating* Steam Bathe Frio* 35o Only 766 Halting* Street Eaet DENTISTS D*. W. A. Butledge. loa Heetlnga W. PBINTEBS X*t>or .Statesman 803416 Hol.en Mlig ntSTTVMM SPECIALIST O. E. Heard. Bla »0b«o» -KO-STAIEBS Armetrong A Hoteon. 804 Bnnlerr A**.. ABB0TSF0RD, <&ttt Hlgfe «W «nd 4980 NIGHT PHONE: HIOH 4678 COAL -nd WOOD For the Best Fuel Obtainable When in doubt goods. ■ ■/■ try anion label 'Friday, December 30, 1927 THE LABOR STATESMAN VANCOUVER TURKISH BATHS Rheumatism, Lumbago, Neuritli, Bad Cold. MASSAGE A 8PECIALTY PACIFIC BUILDING 7-4 HASTINGS W. (BY. 8070 Colonial Theatre a*amrxu.B abb BxrMBMxnm Premier Film Attraction* Special Peaturea Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Moderate Price* CONTINUOUS, 11 A.M. TO 11 P.M. W. E. FENN'S School of Dancing PRIVATE AND CLASS LESSONS Social Dance*, Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. illYMOUB 101. COTILLION HALL RpNIZEil Whole Wheat FLOUR EVERY HOME NEEDS IT. MAKE SURE YOU GET 1T- AND NOTHING ELSE. It I* Rich in Nourishment— DELICIOUS The working class build palaces on ^Shaughnessy Heights and live in whacks elsewhere. A Little Belated U. S. A. War History Uncle Sam is one-of the world's great publishers, and among his best humorous periodicals is the weekly, "Reports," issued by the United States Board of Tax Appeals. Its news is belated, but pungent. We learn how Mr. Albert M. Briggs, the patriotic father of the American Protective League, pleaded with the government—in vain—to deduct from his taxable income the money he spent organizing "captains" and "inspectors" and "chiefs" and other titled snoopers who worked out their war-time fervor in harassing Hungarian steel workers and German- born watchmakers. We learn, too, of the ingenuity of the munitions makers who did their bit turning out artillery on cost-plus contracts— Symington, Anderson and Company, for instance, who contracted to. turn out 3,000 guns, at a meager profit of $390 per gun. This corporation, founded -for the express purpose ot fulfilling a single contract—by the terms of which the government paid for its building and machinery— sought to charge off the "loss" it suffered when the end of the war cut short its opportunity to make the profitable guns. "None of the assets paid into the corporation, for stock or otherwise, cost Symington anything," the unsympathetic tax board pointed out, and it refused to admit that the firm had lost a million dollars which it had never had. The patriots behind the company felt that the artistry of obtaining their'contract had a cash "good-will" value—'■ but what has good-will to do with th_ manufacture of munitions? We recommend the "Report" to students of the psychology of patriotism, and to readers who want a change from "Life" and "Judge."—The Nation. Edison says that genius is two parts inspiration, nine-eight parts perspiration. So happiness is two parts circumstances, ninety-eight parts mental attitude. Farmers of Alberta Pick Their Own Men HANNA, Alberta.-rThe organized farmers in the Acadia district of Alberta expended $278.50 in the recent election to send Rojbert Gardiner to the Dominion House of Commons at Ottawa with a majority of more than 5,000. This, became known at the annual meeting of the Acadia branch of the United Farmers of Alberta. Gardiner is chairman of the U. F. A. group in the House of Commons. The expenditure of $278.50 in an election,which is almost as important, from the point of view of results attained, as a senatorial contest in the United States, looks like a flea bite when compared with the huge expenditures made by "Boss Vare" and others. "The result in Acadia," says the U. F. A., "was made possible through organization by an enlightened electorate, who are willing to give their services because they realize that under the U. F. A. plan of democratic action, they control the representative whom they elect. "They know that their representative, owing to freedom from subservience to either of the old party machines, can serve them freely." "3° galwrai The man went into the hat shop and asked for a derby. "Fine," said the salesman, "what color?" "Oh, it doesn't matter what color,' said the man. o much thc better." said the .an. "What size?" 'Well," replied the man, "I don't care very much about the size." .^ "This," sajd the salesman, "is in deed strange. You come in here and request a derby and don't care about the color or the size!" "No," said the man. "You see, it's for my trombone." ==_____= __!_____ This hoof and mouth disease is a new name for golf—hoof it all day and mouth about it all night. =-_. ... , - ... aft. INPPP JSeto Stat IS WISHED TO EVERYONE . by the w. ■ Smalgamateti Jfretoerie* IN WHICH ARE ASSOCIATED The Vancouver Breweries Ltd. Rainier Brewing Co. of Canada Ltd. Westminster Brewery Ltd. Silverspring Brewery Ltd. and the Victoria Phoenix Brewing Co. Ltd _Thi« advel.tisi.ment -is not published or displayed by tbe Liquor Control Board or by the Government of British Columbia £ ,Drink and enjoy! VAN BROS.' CIDERS "Made from B- C Apples" ' PURE SWEET and SOUR APPLE CIDER TRY OUR GRAPE, LOGANBERRY, ORANGE, PUNCH, ETC IDEAL FOR DANCES AND PARTIES PHONE HIGH. 90 PROMPT DELIVERY VAN BROS., LTD. 1955 Commercial Drive | BuyUnionStamped SJhh* We ask all members of organized labor to purchase shoes bearing our Union Stamp on tbe sole, inner-sole, or lining of the shoe. We ask you not to buy any shoes unless you actually see this Union Stamp. Boot & Shoe Workers' Union Arflllttad wlU U_> Aaerlcu _ «derttto_ ef Labor BAB SCIO--1 STREET, BOSTON, MASS. COI-LIS LOVELY General Prealdent CHARLES L. BAINB General Secretary-Treasurer BRIGHTEST-2- THEATRES STRANDTHEATRE REX THEATRE Vanconver'. Premier Home Presents Vancouver'. 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I am Interested In a savings account Name ~ ~ — Address —— - «h; SAFETY DEPOSIT BOXES $3.00 PER YEAR The Vancouver Safety Deposit Vaults Absolute Security Open Daily, 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturdays, 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Board of Trade Building, 402 Pender Street West (Corner of Homer), Vancouver, B. C. MAINLAND CKARJ3CQRE, " " 3ffcM3pS FOR PIPES 310 CARRALL STREET, VANCOUVER mm out THE LABOR STATESMAN Friday, December 30, 192. Hurry, Folks and Save! The going out Of business aale of the Army A navy Store, 40 Bastings St. W, continues to be tbe greatest money-saving event in Vasicon- ver. Come with tbe crowds tomorrow next week. Closed Mon- dey, holiday. New bar gains on sale dally. The balance of stock MUST BE SOID. Sale stir. continue* with unabated fury. Sale Starts 9 a.m. THOUSANDS OF BARGAINS- Working Men's Goods, High Grade Clothing, Hats, Fur- mshmgs, Boots, Shoes, Outdoor Supplies, etc., Sacrificed! TinD THE -SIGHT FIACE—ONI.Y OWE STORE in VANCOUVEB ARMY & NAVY STORE, 40 Hastings St. W. Next Boor to Pantages Theatre Sample ^hoe Store's Big January Clearance Sale SOME WONDER SHOE SNAPS / Men's solid leather work boots $2.95 Boys' solid leather school boots....$2.95 Ladies' fine shoes (all sizes) $2.95 Little boys' solid boots at $1.95 Men's dress shoes and oxfords, all sizes, 8t.: $3.95 and $4.95 THOUSANDS TO CHOOSE FROM Sample RCAUTTE Shoe Store 37 Hastings St. W. nearly opp. Pantages IN THE - TONSORIAL. CHAIR - SPUD TA' E. WHEET-AN Proprietor CANDY! "The Sweetest New Year's Gift of All" 'Robt. Sapp Phone: Sey. 6257 767 GRANVILLE STREET ORPHEUM BUILDING MITCHELL-FOLEY, LTD. Wi»he« All Their Patrons and Friends a Happy and Prosperous New Year! Big Holiday Bill at Pantages Theatre The management of tlie Pantages Theatre wishes all its patrons a happy and prosperous New Year. Alexander Pantages, general manager. For the holiday week starting Monday Manager Lfoyd Pantages of the Pantages Theatre, has booked one of the largest vaudeville and motion picture programs of the season. The vaudeville bill will feature "Revelations presented by Kathryn Lambert. Milton Bronson Is the star performer of the production and Is assisted by Ave pretty misses who sing and dance. The added attraction features Lubin, Larry and Andre, who are a pretty girl, a clever young man and a blackface comedian. There aro four other good nets. ..,£",_ 'Jjc Bc,">8'>. Pantages presents "Wolf Fangs," a thrilling drama of a dogs devotion, efaturlng Thunder. The rest of the oast Is composed of Frank Klee, Bill Garslde and three canines, White Fawn, Zlrnbo and Oswald This picture Is a story of a dog whoso - lovs .9. the human race surmounts his training as a wolf. It Is a storv of the ©S*en ranges and the sheep int.. who gra.e their flocks yearly In the national forests. Into It Is woven a trinic romance—that of the forest ranger and the daughter of one of the sheep borders", the romance of Thunder nnd ills' beautiful mate. White Fawn—and "the sincere love of the dog for the human heroine of the.play. . There Is also the usual Pantages screen features. News Reel, and Oawnld the Lucky Rabbit, and special noon nnd supper hour Alms. THE FLOORWALKER I do not wear a cutaway, "" Nor do I bow and scrape To ladies anxious to exchange. , .A yard of wool or,crepe,»: ■"-" 100,000 Telephones Operating in B. C. Marking the occasion by several interesting and unique ceremonies, the B, C. Telephone Company installed its hundred thousandth telephone on December 27, the instrument being placed in one of the Vancouver retail stores of P. Burns & Company, Ltd. In 1907 the B. C. Telephone Company served only 9,670 telephones. The system spread out in various directions and today the lines of the company unite 100,000 telephones, an increase of 90,000 telephones in 20 years. It is estimated that the, growth for 1927 will total about 6,000 telephones, as compared with 6,600 last year. The B. C. Telephone Company serves Vancouver Island, Greater Vancouver, the lower Fraser Valley, Kamloops and the West Kootenay district, and also has a long-distance line extending from Vancouver to Kamloops and Vernon, connecting with the Okanagan Telephone Company's lines at the latter npint. The company operates 50 exchanges and employs 2,200 people. I have never seen things so quiet at this time of year. It's enough to drive a man to drink. I think I will just have a "wee spot" to warm the cockles of my heart. Ah, that's better! Now for my spearmint to disarm the suspicious. Good morning, sir! Why, Frank Brown, M.L.A. for Burnaby. Compliments of the season, Frank! Will you have a little shot? What, teetotal! Ah, come on, Frank, you know that Robbie Burns said that "whiskey and freedom gang the gither." That's the stuff; be sociable! I don't take it often myself but I'll just have a "wee spot" to keep you company. What do you know? Same as you. I am absolutely bankrupt of ideas just now. Perhaps Mr. John Walker can suggest something. Oh, just a thimble- ft)l, it won't hurt you. I'll take a ee spot" myself to keep you company. What do you say to take stock. Let's see what the Labor Part* has done during 1927. We oughtVto tell the people. They have a right to know. I know you are very modest, Frank. Too modest in fact. That is why many people ask: "What is\the Labor Party doing; I never hear\anything about it." The men we put in office do not take advantage of\the avenues of publicity that arc opek to them! Come on, have another. Vl'll take a "wee spot" myself to keep\ you company. Let's start with the big things. For instance, the Mali! Minimum Wage bill. Dick BurdeAa member of the I. L. P., brought \in that bill and made it stick. It is,not all it ought to be and it is not all^that the Labor Party would make it if only the workers of British Columbia would place more confidence in their class and elect them to the Legislature. Then we have Old Age Pensions. Harry Neelands and yourself worked hard on that and forced the Liberal govcrnment'to make representations to Ottawa which resulted in the passing of the present Old Age Pensions Act. Now that in itself should warrant the workers shooting at least another half dozen Labor men into the house at Victoria next election. Then we had the spectacle of a special commtitee being appointed to indict the government, or some of the henchmen, of graft in connection with the sale of booze. You was responsible for that. Sure, help yourself and I'll have a "wee spot" myself to keep you company. Here is,part of the evidence given before r. Justice Wright by Mr. G. Reifel, and what that guy DON'T KNOW about the disposition of about 40,000 dollars of that money fills about 36 pages of the report. Too damn bad they did not use some of the methods they use on stiffs, when they get them in clink, to revive his memory. I don't know just how long the people of British Columbia are going to stand for that two-bit side show they call the law courts, but I want to tell you, Frnak, if the workers of this province want justice they will have to get control of that law machine. Sure, there is some left! I'll have a "wee spot" myself to keep you company. $4.50 for that lot, Frank. Ish a shame! It's downright robbery. If that is state socialism then I'm a Conservative from now on. But we have kept Mclnnis on the city council. We have elected Freddie Knowles and still have Lofting on the School Board, proving that if we put up one man to be voted on by the city at large instead of half a dozen, we can get him in. Cottrell, McDonald and Hurry are in office in South Vancouver. Yes, Frankie, I tnink we have reason to pat ourselves, don't you? But a word to you, Frank, old boy. Step on it, son. Say damn once in a while and if necessary, have a little shot before you go into the House. An invitation? Sure help yourself and I'll have a "wee spot" myself to keep you company. Now don't forget that poll tax and the question of where all this prosperity has gone that was promised if the income tax was reduced. Let's finish it. That's enough!' I just want a "wee spot" to keep you company. Happy New Year, Frank! Gee,. I wish his Ma had named him Caesar, because I admire that Roman. Next, please! iHcow-QWATto aev may larcx VANCOUVER 'HE VANCOUVER BRANCH OF THE HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY EXTENDS TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF ITS FRIENDS AND CUSTOMERS ITS BEST WISHES FOR T A Happy and Prosperous New Tear \ THINGS FOR MEN RAZOR STROPS—Shell Horsehlde BIAS to »6.60 LATHER BRUSHES—Guaranteed _. *1.00 to B7A0 EVER-READY BLADES <12 and Razor Free) '. 90o PASS CASES—1 to 6 passes 6O0 to 32 25 BUXTON KBYTAINERS-^Lacge assortment r 60c to »3.50 VACUUM BOTTLES—Good quality 69o KRISS KROSS STROPPERS '. _ .. '. BB.OO We our DARWIN BLADES did not realize how popular these stock ran out a few days ago. really hurt. Now in stock Blades were The loss in again. until sales B.'C. Barber Supply & Sundries Limited PHONE SET. 4401 BETAII, STORE — 84 HASTINGS STREET WEST — VANCOUVEB, B. C. MAIX. OBDEBS GIVEN PBOMPT AnD CAREfUI ATTENTION _«_XWHIIHIIiI!n FIRST CHURCH (The Church of the Open Door) GOBE AVEMUE AT BASTINGS EAST Minister, Rev. Richmond Craig 11 a.m.—A NEW YEAR'S MESSAGE 7:30 p.m.—"A GUID NEW YEAR" ■ The Minister will Preach VERY SPECIAL MUSIC! WISHING OUR MANY CUSTOMERS AND FRIENDS A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR! DOMINION FURNITURE CO. "The House of Friendly Credit" 1082 GRANVILLE STREET PHONE SEYMOUR 4959 G. NEWMAN FURNITURE 968 GRANVILLE COMl AN Y PHONE SEY. 2196 W. J. HEADS MAKES AND SELjLS The Only Union-made Shoe Mnanfacturea in British Colombia We are very busy Just now. Get your orders In early. ' Work Shoes priced from $7.50 up. 30 Cordova St W. Sey. 3320 Lethbridge Labor will have a representative on the School Board for the next two years in the person of C. E. Cameron, who was elected at the last civic election. Donald Mc- An unsuccessful applicant,ipr. a Nabb for the city council-was -de- job-m1 th£ ^rliariient buildings de feated by 19 votes. It can be said that Labor's defeat was largtly dff« lo..Iactot^r«^J|S_ts_l^^U^-;-dSyr' for Ibere "was a small vote cast. livered this one: "A civil servant .sleeps /eight-hours iit^ed-^Analpvis ■wr-efghTTioiifs in the office. That makes sixteen hours of sleep daily." r% L__a Evening Shoes . LADIES, wc have just received thc newest in Evening Shoes, Patent and satins, plain pump and straps, some with beaded vamps and buckles, A O {? SILVER BROCADE, in pumps and straps, P QC MEN'S EVENING SHOES, in patent leather with A C(\ plain toe, at TC**-'" ^ CHILDREN'S SHOES,, in oxford and straps, in a large range of style and leathers. Special prices. JK '■ ■■ _iamle&^iEiotber& - — T TmUsVMXM*. ii i-k-UB. :xy**m■_!*■) M_o_c_-,«_nr. 1004 11 iii ■ ■'
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